Poor Mountain Natural Area Preserve is owned and maintained by the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation. The preserve is open to the public, with improvements including a small parking area and four miles (6.4 km) of trails.[3]
poor, mountain, natural, area, preserve, acre, natural, area, preserve, located, poor, mountain, roanoke, county, virginia, preserve, protects, world, largest, population, piratebush, buckleya, distichophylla, globally, rare, parasitic, shrub, mountain, derive. Poor Mountain Natural Area Preserve is a 1 404 acre 568 ha Natural Area Preserve located on Poor Mountain in Roanoke County Virginia The preserve protects the world s largest population of piratebush Buckleya distichophylla a globally rare parasitic shrub The mountain derives its name from the fact that the soils on its slopes are poor due to their base of metamorphosed sandstone bedrock 2 The preserve s pine oak heath woodlands include Table Mountain pine eastern hemlock several species of oak and shrubs including huckleberry mountain laurel and fetterbush 3 Poor Mountain Natural Area PreserveIUCN category V protected landscape seascape Location within VirginiaLocationRoanoke County VirginiaNearest citySalemCoordinates37 14 10 N 80 05 30 W 37 2362 N 80 0917 W 37 2362 80 0917 1 Area1 404 acres 5 68 km2 Governing bodyVirginia Department of Conservation and RecreationPoor Mountain Natural Area Preserve is owned and maintained by the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation The preserve is open to the public with improvements including a small parking area and four miles 6 4 km of trails 3 See also editList of Virginia Natural Area PreservesReferences edit Poor Mountain ProtectedPlanet United Nations Environment Programme s World Conservation Monitoring Centre Retrieved December 26 2016 Poor Mountain Natural Area Preserve Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation Retrieved August 17 2022 a b Poor Mountain Natural Area Preserve Fact Sheet PDF Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation Retrieved August 17 2022 External links editVirginia Department of Conservation and Recreation Poor Mountain Natural Area Preserve This article related to a protected area in Virginia is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This Roanoke County Virginia state location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Poor Mountain Natural Area Preserve amp oldid 1104945404, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
